compared himself to ronald reagan, from the beginning of his 26 campaign, he was desperate to be seen in the same light as the great communicator. in fact, trump brazenly lifted this race from reagan's 1980 campaign, and then proceeded to brand his entire political identity around it. >> ronald reagan for president, let's make america great again. >> so comparisons between trump and the 40th president always seemed like a stretch, if not a complete copyright violation, as you saw there. trump seemed to have far more in common with another former republican president richard nixon. and and you're reporting actually conference this. the washington post revealed this week that as trump was leaving the white house, he took with him 15 boxes of presidential documents, a potential violation of the presidential records act. in fact, congress enacted the law in 1978, after, and in